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How does fetal hemoglobin enhance oxygen transfer across the placenta from mother to fetus?
I'm not quite sure how it would ENHANCE oxygen transfer, but hemoglobin itself is what is in blood and is responsible for the carrying of oxygen to different parts of the body. So the hemoglobin in a fetus would just be what is used to get the oxygen from the mothers blood into its blood.
Describe how oxygen gets from the air to the cells of the foetus?
Oxygen gets from the air to the cells of the fetus through the umbilical cord. The oxygen circulates in the mothers red blood cells.
Do mother and baby share blood?
No. The placenta produces and cleanses the blood for the fetus.
If your blood type is O plus can another blood type male empregnate you?
yes -- the real concern is the rh fator of mother/father/fetus and that is for the fetus' protection.
Were does red blood cells produce while in the fetus?
In the liver.
How does the fetus obtain food and oxygen?
The mother's blood supply enters the foetus via the umbillical cord and allows oxygen to diffuse from the mother's blood into the foetus.
What substance passes from the fetus to the mother?
The deoxygenated blood and the baby's waste products pass from the foetus to the mother. The mother can then dispose of these through her systems.
How does a fetus get rid of wastes?
through the mothers blood stream and thus kidneys via the umbilical cord.
How does food pass through the mother to get to the fetus to feed of off?
The baby is connected by the umbilical cord to the placenta. The placenta is attached to the inside of the womb. Blood carries food through the blood vessels in the wall of the womb and the blood vessels of the placenta absorb the food.
Which gas passes from the mother's blood to the fetus's blood through the placenta?
During pregnancy carbon dioxide passes from the mothers blood to the baby's blood because the mother breathes the carbon dioxide in. It then travels around the body (Respiration) and the mother just replaces it with oxygen like normal. I think this is right and hope its helps :)
What happens to a baby's blood as it passes through a placenta?
diffuse across the placental membranes into the mothers bloos.
What passes from mother to fetus?
Antibodies.
When does a fetus get food before birth?
With mammals, the fetus has a connection by its umbilical cord to an organ of the mother, called the placenta. Blood passes through the umbilical cord to the fetus, carrying food and oxygen. The umbilical cord is attached to the fetus at a point you will later call your navel or belly button.
Why does alchaol taken by a mother affect a baby?
The mothers bloodstream then contains alcohol and that makes its way to the unborn fetus through blood and the umbilical chord.
How does nicotine travel through the blood to the fetus?
Either through the umbilical cord (in the case of a pregnant woman) or by passive smoking.Nicotine gets into the mothers blood stream which then flows into the baby's blood stream.
What do we call a baby still in its mothers womb?
A fetus.
How does fetal hemoglobin enhance oxygen transfer across the placenta from mother to fetus?
I'm not quite sure how it would ENHANCE oxygen transfer, but hemoglobin itself is what is in blood and is responsible for the carrying of oxygen to different parts of the body. So the hemoglobin in a fetus would just be what is used to get the oxygen from the mothers blood into its blood.
